Sam Shutes
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I’m completely renovating my bathroom, a full gut and replace. I am to the point where I have installed the bathtub (level in both directions) in a bed of mortar and I am tying in the drain and overflow assembly. The cable drain fittings were attached to the tub prior to setting to ensure a good seal. The plan was simply to dry fit and tie in the drain and overflow after setting and call it a victory.
Unfortunately I’ve hit a roadblock. The 6” section of the horizontal drain line is running uphill about 1/2” in that short 6” run prior to hitting the sanitary tee. This appears to be due to the tub drain shoe kicked up at an angle. I removed the tub drain shoe and it appears that the area underneath the tub that surround the tub drain hole is simply not square, but rather shaped in a way that when you tighten the tub drain shoe, the result is that the outlet points uphill. I noticed that it might be pointing uphill when I attached the shoe prior to setting, but in every video I watched of this install, no one ever checks this small section of drain for slope, so I didn’t think anything of it.
I don’t want 1/2” standing water sitting in my tub drain shoe, which has some metal components. It seems that this should be level at a minimum. Can I use a beveled gasket designed for the overflow, replacing the flat gasket to overcome what seems to be a manufacturing defect on this expensive tub? Any other thoughts or options would be appreciated.
-Sam
Unfortunately I’ve hit a roadblock. The 6” section of the horizontal drain line is running uphill about 1/2” in that short 6” run prior to hitting the sanitary tee. This appears to be due to the tub drain shoe kicked up at an angle. I removed the tub drain shoe and it appears that the area underneath the tub that surround the tub drain hole is simply not square, but rather shaped in a way that when you tighten the tub drain shoe, the result is that the outlet points uphill. I noticed that it might be pointing uphill when I attached the shoe prior to setting, but in every video I watched of this install, no one ever checks this small section of drain for slope, so I didn’t think anything of it.
I don’t want 1/2” standing water sitting in my tub drain shoe, which has some metal components. It seems that this should be level at a minimum. Can I use a beveled gasket designed for the overflow, replacing the flat gasket to overcome what seems to be a manufacturing defect on this expensive tub? Any other thoughts or options would be appreciated.
-Sam
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